xpost Kid Deejster
― jaymc, Thursday, 13 September 2007 18:49 (seventeen years ago) link
wait, is Gavin really DK?
― Alex in Baltimore, Thursday, 13 September 2007 18:52 (seventeen years ago) link
Don Knotts? He's dead, mang.
― Gavin, Thursday, 13 September 2007 18:57 (seventeen years ago) link
Why?
-- jaymc,
Dude sounds cuddly for once! Charming! Appropriate!
also why compare it to Coldplay in response to my question specifically comparing it to an earlier version of the same song?
I haven't heard the other song.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Thursday, 13 September 2007 19:00 (seventeen years ago) link
gavin is gavin mu3113r i think
― deej, Thursday, 13 September 2007 19:00 (seventeen years ago) link
sry someone can googleproof that if they want
― deej, Thursday, 13 September 2007 19:01 (seventeen years ago) link
narcissistic personality disorder is not the same as cock sure attitude.
kanye's "passion" leaves me indifferent
― nicky lo-fi, Thursday, 13 September 2007 19:02 (seventeen years ago) link
Mods please googleproof thx.
― Gavin, Thursday, 13 September 2007 19:06 (seventeen years ago) link
fwiw I was making a joke about gay fan fic about rappers, not implying that "Gavin" wasn't actually someone named Gavin
― Alex in Baltimore, Thursday, 13 September 2007 19:18 (seventeen years ago) link
so now i've outed gavin mu311er's gay rapper fanfic fetish for no reason
― deej, Thursday, 13 September 2007 19:21 (seventeen years ago) link
Deej, you shoot some dirty pool.
― Gavin, Thursday, 13 September 2007 19:23 (seventeen years ago) link
But seriously let's talk about the album.
― Gavin, Thursday, 13 September 2007 19:27 (seventeen years ago) link
ok but please no more vivid scenarios about Kanye and A-Trak's idea of "dirty pool"
― Alex in Baltimore, Thursday, 13 September 2007 19:29 (seventeen years ago) link
They didn't even kiss yet.
― Gavin, Thursday, 13 September 2007 19:43 (seventeen years ago) link
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h62/freshcrunkjuice/03/01/curtis1.jpg kanye, a-trak
― and what, Thursday, 13 September 2007 19:51 (seventeen years ago) link
Throughout the Kon The Louis Vuitton Don mix-tape Kanye West samples the part of “Lucifer” where Jay-Z gushes “Kanyeezy you did it again. You a genius nigga!” in a way that made me think about the Simpsons gag where Smithers turns on his computer to reveal screensaver of an unclothed, lascivious Mr. Burns cooing “You’re. Quite. Good. At.Turning.Me. On”.
― and what, Thursday, 13 September 2007 20:07 (seventeen years ago) link
Rabin OTM! that mixtape always kinda creeped me out for that reason.
― Alex in Baltimore, Thursday, 13 September 2007 20:09 (seventeen years ago) link
This album is great!!
"Did you realize that you were a champion in their eyes?" "YES I DID."
Awesome!
― Mr. Snrub, Thursday, 13 September 2007 20:46 (seventeen years ago) link
snrub...ot...m?
― Jordan Sargent, Thursday, 13 September 2007 20:56 (seventeen years ago) link
As just-OK as this album is, it is still better than pretty much any rap record this year.
The only ones I would say that are arguably better are Hyphy Hits, UGK and Devin.
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Thursday, 13 September 2007 20:57 (seventeen years ago) link
massive xpost
well i'm sure what Kanye's doing does appeal to some indie kids, but it probably turns off the hipster rap fan sect that REALLY WANTS to believe that the Clipse and Juelz really do deal.
-- Alex in Baltimore, Thursday, 13 September 2007 17:52 (
I was shocked to find out that these hipster rap fans actually exist and aren't just straw men. Had a coworker that hated Kanye/"any and all rap for white people" cause "when I listen to rap I wanna hear about people gettin shot and sellin crack and stuff, you know?"
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 13 September 2007 21:57 (seventeen years ago) link
i think alex might be wrong on the whole, so many of those ridiculous reviews of clipse et al used the "ok so who knows if they REALLY deal cocaine, what is important is..." apologetic zzz. There is a fakeness and distance about the rapping that appeals bcuz its NOT so into authenticity ... it flagrantly disregards 'show don't tell,' the cool is purely surface level and like any good pomo hipsteur i doubt the 'truth' really enters into it for most.
― deej, Thursday, 13 September 2007 22:04 (seventeen years ago) link
My father is a police officer. I know crime sucks. But in the same way I want to hear him tell me stories about wiretaps and drug busts, I yearn to hear the other side from Raekwon the Chef and Kool G Rap. There’s something stirring and electric about the found sound approach hip-hop uses. It’s an abandonment of tradition in that most songs don’t use instrumentation, and verbal acrobatics are consistently on display. Raekwon may not know Raymond Chandler. He doesn’t have to. He’s already Phillip Marlowe.
― and what, Thursday, 13 September 2007 22:05 (seventeen years ago) link
as a ray chandler stan (i named my cat marlow ffs), ^ = mad rong
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 13 September 2007 22:34 (seventeen years ago) link
Hipster interest in rap is very on the wain now tho, thankfully. And I can enjoy my Devin album in peace without some glo-worm in a My Little Pony t-shirt and a "Yo! Willie!" Alf hat telling me how "crazy" it is.
The less I think about 2005, the better.
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Thursday, 13 September 2007 23:01 (seventeen years ago) link
Snob!
― roxymuzak, Thursday, 13 September 2007 23:34 (seventeen years ago) link
Pitchfork gave it an 8.7
by my logic that anything over 8.4 on pitchfork must be a good album, this must be quite a good album.
i therefore bought it.
i must say, the first 6 songs are wonderful, but it does trail off towards the end.
Now way a 4 (that is fucking ridiculous) and it makes me quite sad that someone would let it be a 4 at Drowned in Sound.
very biased. Shame people can't just put their preconcieved opinions behind them, and listen to the album.
it is actually pretty good, though it is obviously no petsounds etc etc etc whatever.
― Dom Passantino, Friday, 14 September 2007 12:32 (seventeen years ago) link
And I can enjoy my Devin album in peace without some glo-worm in a My Little Pony t-shirt and a "Yo! Willie!" Alf hat telling me how "crazy" it is.
http://popculturewilleatitself.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/01/gazoo.jpg Is this the glo-worm in question?
― da croupier, Friday, 14 September 2007 14:13 (seventeen years ago) link
thing is that devin album aint that enjoyable
― deej, Friday, 14 September 2007 15:21 (seventeen years ago) link
http://nahright.com/news/2007/09/20/video-stronger-revisited/
and i STILL can't tell the difference between the album version and the single version. what kanye doesn't realize is that the snare is what's wrong with "stronger" more than the kick, but the first step in fixing his shitty drums is admitting he has a problem, i guess.
― Alex in Baltimore, Friday, 21 September 2007 02:45 (seventeen years ago) link
all hip hop is a 4
― CaptainLorax, Friday, 21 September 2007 16:44 (seventeen years ago) link
^I could watch hours of shit like that studio clip!
― Jordan, Friday, 21 September 2007 16:54 (seventeen years ago) link
i fuck with this http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/3019/screenhunter001am1.jpg
League Crew/Kanye West: Intro Kanye West and 50 Cent: Flashing Lights (Mick Boogie Mix) Kanye West and Nas: I Wonder (Terry Urban Mix) Kanye West and Jay-Z: Never Let Me Down (9th Wonder Remix) Kanye West and Jay-Z: Big Brother/Encore (live) Kanye and Mos Def: Good Night Kanye West: I Still Love Her Kanye West: Stronger (Original Unreleased Verse) Kanye and Nas: Major League (Mick Boogie Mix) Kanye and Biggie: Kicks Open Doors (Terry Urban Mix) Kanye West: A Million And One Kanye West, Little Brother and Lil Wayne: Breakin My Heart (Mick Boogie Mix / produced by 9th Wonder) Kanye West: Champion (live) Kanye West and Jay-Z: Everything I am (Terry Urban Mix) Kanye West: Freestyle Kanye West and Common: Get Em High (A-Trak Remix) Consequence and Kanye West: Complications (Mick Boogie Mix) Kanye West and Ludacris: Breathe In (9th Wonder Remix) Kanye West and Talib Kweli: The Bounce/Two Words (live) Kanye West: Two Words (9th Wonder Remix) Kanye, Dr. Dre and Busta Rhymes: Imagine 2008 (Terry Urban Remix) Kanye West, Consequence, & Patti Labelle: Anything Consequence and Kanye West: Skillz (Terry Urban Mix) Kanye West and Common: Glory (Mick Boogie Remix) Kanye West and Termanology: Everything (The Diddy Song) Kanye West and Consequence: Dont Forget Em Kanye West, Common and Lupe Fiasco: Southside (Terry Urban Remix) Kanye West and Little Brother: Naaw (9th Wonder Bonus Track)
http://www.urbpage.com/mickboogie/music/MB_TU_Kanye_TheGraduate.zip
― and what, Monday, 22 October 2007 00:14 (sixteen years ago) link
kanye's mom died: http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Music/11/11/obit.west.ap/index.html
this seems like a surprise, since i thought she was kind of young. anyway, this is really sad since it was obvious that they were really close. thoughts are w/ kanye.
on a purely selfish level (i hope this isn't too soon), it will be very interesting to see where this takes him musically.
― J0rdan S., Monday, 12 November 2007 03:22 (sixteen years ago) link
yeah, very sad, RIP
― swinburningforyou, Monday, 12 November 2007 03:31 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm sorry to hear this.
― The Reverend, Monday, 12 November 2007 03:54 (sixteen years ago) link
this is really sad.
jordan that's a fucked thing to say.
― s1ocki, Monday, 12 November 2007 05:01 (sixteen years ago) link
Seconded, thirded and fourthed. What the hell, man.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 12 November 2007 05:08 (sixteen years ago) link
RIP kanye's mom
ned you've never posted a news story about 300 iraqis getting blown up and reacted all "hmmm ... interesting to see how the NRO will react to this"?? ... i understand your reaction but i think we can cut jordan a teeny bit of slack here
― moonship journey to baja, Monday, 12 November 2007 05:14 (sixteen years ago) link
Can I invoke Godwin's Law so we can all move on?
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 12 November 2007 05:19 (sixteen years ago) link
Jordan S. killed six million jews.
― The Reverend, Monday, 12 November 2007 05:31 (sixteen years ago) link
RIP
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 12 November 2007 05:34 (sixteen years ago) link
he hates the paparazzis even more than the nazis
-- da croupier, Wednesday, September 12, 2007 5:29 PM (2 months ago)
― moonship journey to baja, Monday, 12 November 2007 08:26 (sixteen years ago) link
jordan s. hierarchy = nazis, paparazzis, kanye's mom
― Curt1s Stephens, Monday, 12 November 2007 08:30 (sixteen years ago) link
i figured i might get some of this. it was one of the first things that sprang to mind only because of how personal his music is. i doubt anyone that considers themselves a fan of his music didn't have that come to mind very soon.
― J0rdan S., Monday, 12 November 2007 09:03 (sixteen years ago) link
might even call you some sort of visionary hero.
― s1ocki, Monday, 12 November 2007 13:45 (sixteen years ago) link
http://i15.tinypic.com/82tp9ar.jpg
― jhøshea, Monday, 12 November 2007 15:19 (sixteen years ago) link
did that image not come through?
she died of complications from plastic surgery. fuck. what a tragic pointless thing.
― jhøshea, Monday, 12 November 2007 15:24 (sixteen years ago) link
It occured to me too soon after finding out. I'm not proud of it, and I wasn't going to post it. But I'm surprised people are acting pious about it.
― da croupier, Monday, 12 November 2007 15:36 (sixteen years ago) link
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7090287.stm
― jhøshea, Monday, 12 November 2007 15:41 (sixteen years ago) link